Excerpt from The Science of Social Organisation: Or the Laws of Manu in the Light of Theosophy It is with very great pleasure that I introduce this book, for I believe that it deserves the thoughtful attention of the Indian and English public, and contains ideas and suggestions of the greatest value for all who are interested in the vexed questions of the day. Society, at the present time, is at a deadlock, unable to go forward into the future without finding solutions for the problems of our time, and yet impelled forward by the imperious law of evolution, which demands progress or sentences to death. It stands at the edge of a precipice, and sees no way to safety. Over the edge it must go - as previous civilisations have gone, carrying their treasures of refinement and culture with them - unless it can find some Ark of safety to carry it from the old to the new. Such an Ark may be found in the Wisdom of our great Progenitor Manu, the Father of the whole Aryan Race. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.